Aaron Sorkin, writer and director of Being The Ricardos, sat down for a backstage interview with Dave Morales to break down the behind-the-scenes of the biopic about I Love Lucy stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
The film is set at the height of the I Love Lucy stardom. Lucille (Nicole Kidman) and Desi (Javier Bardem) were Hollywood’s dearest couple but had a very problematic relationship behind the cameras, which takes center stage on Being The Ricardos.
Having the responsibility of telling a story about such a complicated, yet worldly-loved couple, Sorkin explained the amount of pressure he felt in creating the movie: “I was aware that I was writing and directing a film about iconic people, and people that the public has a very intense relationship with,” he said. “I kind of always feel the maximum amount of pressure. There isn’t really that much room to feel more pressure–because it’s Lucy and Desi.”
Watch the full interview below.
Watch Being the Ricardos now in theaters and on Amazon Prime Video beginning Tuesday, December 21st.
Rodrigo Barbosa is a Brazilian-born, Houston-based journalist.
